Comments on: Arrogant Women? http://www.emergingwomen.us/2010/01/24/arrogant-women/ Fri, 30 Jul 2010 09:34:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jessica http://www.emergingwomen.us/2010/01/24/arrogant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-6546 Jessica Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:47:50 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/?p=1193#comment-6546 Does the world really need more selfish jerks? I thought that was what got us into this growing global crisis in the first place. Does the world really need more selfish jerks? I thought that was what got us into this growing global crisis in the first place.

]]> By: Jenny Rae Armstrong http://www.emergingwomen.us/2010/01/24/arrogant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-6543 Jenny Rae Armstrong Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:29:49 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/?p=1193#comment-6543 I think the system IS starting to change. I remember reading an article in TIME several months ago about how businesses run by women were on the whole doing significantly better than those run by men, and how women are shaping and dominating new models of doing business that are based more on productivity than puffing smoke. There is a kinder, gentler workplace burgeoning under the old, rigid shell, and it's growing because people are discovering that it simply works better, for the workers and the company's bottom line. I do think we women have to get better at self-promotion and negotiation, but not at the expense of becoming arrogant. That's too high a price to pay for "success." I think the system IS starting to change. I remember reading an article in TIME several months ago about how businesses run by women were on the whole doing significantly better than those run by men, and how women are shaping and dominating new models of doing business that are based more on productivity than puffing smoke. There is a kinder, gentler workplace burgeoning under the old, rigid shell, and it’s growing because people are discovering that it simply works better, for the workers and the company’s bottom line.

I do think we women have to get better at self-promotion and negotiation, but not at the expense of becoming arrogant. That’s too high a price to pay for “success.”

]]> By: Lori http://www.emergingwomen.us/2010/01/24/arrogant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-6542 Lori Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:43:19 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/?p=1193#comment-6542 Julie, thanks for writing this. I've found myself so frustrated over this very situation--literally watching a man standing beside me doing the self-promotion thing, while in my silence I recede into invisibility. It makes me [silently] crazy! And, I've also watched a number of women decide to play the game. I just keep concluding that it's not for me. (I recently blogged about aspects of this decision @ http://quefascinante.blogspot.com/2010/01/flip-side.html). Thanks for the encouragement to not play the game. Maybe passive resistance can find a way here, too? Julie, thanks for writing this. I’ve found myself so frustrated over this very situation–literally watching a man standing beside me doing the self-promotion thing, while in my silence I recede into invisibility. It makes me [silently] crazy! And, I’ve also watched a number of women decide to play the game.
I just keep concluding that it’s not for me. (I recently blogged about aspects of this decision @ http://quefascinante.blogspot.com/2010/01/flip-side.html).
Thanks for the encouragement to not play the game. Maybe passive resistance can find a way here, too?

]]> By: LKH http://www.emergingwomen.us/2010/01/24/arrogant-women/comment-page-1/#comment-6539 LKH Mon, 25 Jan 2010 07:07:12 +0000 http://www.emergingwomen.us/?p=1193#comment-6539 Well said... I teach Intro to Women's Studies and work hard to communicate to the women and men in my class that creating a new system of shared power begins with being aware of the imbalances, and then working peacefully for solutions. It's a start... Well said… I teach Intro to Women’s Studies and work hard to communicate to the women and men in my class that creating a new system of shared power begins with being aware of the imbalances, and then working peacefully for solutions. It’s a start…

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